Austin Fisher, Source NM, Dec. 8, 2023 "When human waste flooded part of a U.S. immigration prison in central New Mexico last month, guards ordered incarcerated people to clean it up with their...
The Lever, Dec. 8, 2023 "As the country’s immigration agency ponders a significant expansion of its vast, troubled immigrant surveillance regime, private prison companies are telling investors...
Seth Freed Wessler, New York Times, Dec. 6, 2023 "People intercepted at sea, even in U.S. waters, have fewer rights than those who come by land. “Asylum does not apply at sea,” a Coast...
Alina Hernandez, Tulane University, Dec. 5, 2023 "A new report co-authored by Tulane Law’s Immigrant Rights Clinic shows that more than 100,000 abused or abandoned immigrant youths are in...
Bipartisan Policy Center, Dec. 5, 2023 "In this week’s episode, BPC host Jack Malde chats with four distinguished immigration scholars at Cornell Law School on their new white paper “Immigration...
Sarah Lynch, Inc., Oct. 3, 2023
"City officials are seeking federal help as the migrant influx intensifies--and business leaders are joining the call. In August, over 120 business executives from JPMorgan Chase, Macy's, Paramount Global, and more signed an open letter to President Biden and Congress urging more federal support and expedited work permits for asylum seekers. ... But migrants who file asylum applications must wait 180 days--roughly six months--before their application can be approved. "All this means that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is being swamped with more work permit applications than ever," says Steve Yale-Loehr, an immigration professor at Cornell Law School. In the meantime, asylum seekers sit and wait, unable to work legally and therefore dependent on social services. ... In Illinois, the hospitality industry has been strapped for years, with approximately 2,000 positions currently open in Chicagoland hotels, says Michael Jacobson, president and CEO of the Illinois Hotel and Lodging Association. "For the roles that we think these asylum seekers would be well-suited, there's not much job training that's required," he says. "They can hit the ground running making $23, $24 an hour on day one, plus benefits." "